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1996-02-01 - Re: FV Demonstrates Fatal Flaw in Software Encryption of Credit Cards

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From: Jamie Zawinski <jwz@netscape.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1996-02-01 17:57:27 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 01:57:27 +0800

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From: Jamie Zawinski <jwz@netscape.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 1996 01:57:27 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: FV Demonstrates Fatal Flaw in Software Encryption of Credit Cards
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Rich Salz wrote:
> 
> >It's considerably more than that.  Please read on.
> 
> No, Nathaniel, it is not.  You watch keystrokes and record the ones you're
> interested in.  This technique has interesting possibilities, but all your
> PR screaming won't make it anything more than what it is.
> 
> How interesting are these possibilities?  It's hard to say.  

I'll bet they could get a patent on it...  There's probably some
money to be made with that approach.

	== Jamie

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